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Reads tagged with “software”

Brain Pickings Redux: Best of 2009
Brain Pickings Redux: Best of 2009

A year’s worth of ideas, inspiration and innovation from culture’s collective brain.

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Super-Smart Learning
Super-Smart Learning

Why playing Oregon Trail is like learning basic Japanese, or how to beat the Ebbinghaus Curve.

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Robots In Our Image
Robots In Our Image

How a biblical creation myth replays itself from bone and muscle to jazz improvisation.

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The Mother of All Demos
The Mother of All Demos

Geek history, or why 2009 has nothing on 1968.

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Digital Choreography: Synchronous Objects
Digital Choreography: Synchronous Objects

Twenty desks, one python, and what the human body has to do with lines of code.

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Mobile Mobile: The Christmas Tree Retought
Mobile Mobile: The Christmas Tree Retought

Dusty phones, giant chandeliers, and a post-modern Christmas tree that tweets.

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30 Years of Innovation: Happy Birthday, ITP
30 Years of Innovation: Happy Birthday, ITP

Mud, paparazzi, and what rodents have to do with the bleeding edge of interactive technology.

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Google Groupies Galore: Goollery
Google Groupies Galore: Goollery

What album covers have to do with shoe shopping and Renaissance paintings.

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The Future of Data Tags: Bokodes
The Future of Data Tags: Bokodes

Japanese blurs, or what amateur photography has to do wtih tech innovation.

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Sign of The Times: Data Visualization Heaven
Sign of The Times: Data Visualization Heaven

158 years of the cultural dialog, replayed and rewritten in visual language.

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